Molinaranea

magellanica

Molinaranea magellanica is a species of

orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae)
endemic to Chile, Argentina, the Juan
Fernández Islands and the Falkland
Islands.[1] It is also known as the
Falklands green spider.[2][3] It is the
largest endemic spider known to exist in
the Falklands.[2]
Taxonomy Molinaranea
The species was magellanica
first described in Scientific clas
1847 by Charles
Athanase Kingdom: Animalia
Walckenaer as Phylum: Arthropod
Epeira magellanica.
It has been Subphylum: Chelic
described under a Class: Arachnida
large number of
synonyms in nine Order: Araneae
genera. Nine names Infraorder: Araneo
used by Hercule
Nicolet in 1849, Family: Araneidae
including Epeira Genus: Molinarane
cinaberina, are now Species: M. magel
considered to be
synonyms.[1] Binomial name
Molinaranea
References magellanica
(Walckenaer, 1847)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Epeira
magellanica
Walckenaer,
1847
Epeira chilensis
Nicolet, 1849
1. "Taxon details Epeira
Molinaranea cinaberina
magellanica Nicolet, 1849
(Walckenaer,
Epeira
1847)" (https://w
ww.wsc.nmbe.ch/
flaviventris
species/4821) , Nicolet, 1849
World Spider Epeira
Catalog, Natural quadripunctata
History Museum Nicolet, 1849
Bern, retrieved
2021-01-08
(preoccupied)
Epeira obliterata
2. "Invertebrates" (h Nicolet, 1849
ttp://www.falklan
dislands.com/con Epeira affinis
tents/view/109) . Nicolet, 1849
Falkland Islands (preoccupied)
 Tourist Board. Epeira naevia
Retrieved Nicolet, 1849
19 September
Epeira dorsalis
2010.

3. Hince,
Nicolet, 1849
Bernadette
(preoccupied)
(2000). The Epeira
Antarctic quadrimaculata
dictionary: a Nicolet, 1849
complete guide (preoccupied)
to Antarctic
Araneus
English (https://b
flaviventris
ooks.google.com/
books?id=lJd8_o
(Nicolet, 1849)
wUxFEC&dq=Ara Araneus
neus+cinnabarin patagonicus
us&pg=PA158) . Tullgren, 1901
Collingwood, Araneus chilensis
VIC, Australia: (Nicolet, 1849)
CSIRO
Araneus
Publishing.
cinnaberinus
(Nicolet, 1849)
ISBN 0-
9577471-1-X.
Araneus
quadrimaculatus
(Nicolet, 1849)
Araneus
vallentini Hogg,
1913
Araneus globiger
Hogg, 1913
Eriophora
wagenknechti
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related article is 1940
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help Wikipedia molinai Mello-
by expanding it Leitão, 1940
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dia.org/w/index.
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name for Epeira
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Aranea
dorsatula
Roewer, 1942
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"https://en.wikipedia.org
/w/index.php?
title=Molinaranea_mage name for Epeira
llanica&oldid=1060636 dorsalis)
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quadrimaculosa

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edited on 16 (replacement
December 2021, at name for Epeira
19:05 (UTC). •
Content is available quadrimaculata)
under CC BY-SA 3.0
unless otherwise Aranea
noted. quadripunctatul
a Roewer, 1942
(replacement
name for Epeira
quadripunctata)
Araneus
cinnabarinus
(Nicolet, 1849)
(orth. var.)
Parawixia
affinitata
(Roewer, 1942)
Parawixia
cinnaberina
(Nicolet, 1849)
(orth. var.)
Parawixia
dosatula
(Roewer, 1942)
Parawixia
wagenknechti
(Mello-Leitão,
1940)
Parawixia
flaviventris
(Nicolet, 1849)
Parawixia
obliterata
(Nicolet, 1849)
Parawixia naevia
(Nicolet, 1849)
Metepeira
chilensis (Nicolet
1849)
Molinaranea
chilensis (Nicolet
1849)
Molinaranea
patagonica
(Tullgren, 1901)
Molinaranea